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Apontokation creates death metal from Guadix in Granada province since 2014. From this extraordinary Andalusian town where people still live in cave dwellings, they craft death metal with an underground provenance that is literally subterranean.
Apophanous is a progressive thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2015 by guitarist Tiago Lima, drummer Fabio Trevisan, and vocalist Vitor Alcantara. Their 2016 debut EP "Obliteration Has Come" weaves thrash aggression with progressive structures and even traces of Brazilian folk rhythms, exploring dark psychological themes — psychopathy, nihilism, schizophrenia — across four tracks influenced by Death, Nevermore, and Pantera.
Minneapolis black metal project from the Minnesota underground.
North Carolina/Indiana black metal project whose 2007 EP decline trades in the theological concept of defining the divine by what it is not. Cerebral black metal spanning the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest.
Tucson, Arizona death metal act named after the tendency to perceive meaningful connections in random patterns. Active since 2010, their self-titled album and anniversary reissue of The Rise of Resister demonstrate staying power in the Sonoran Desert's extreme underground.
Apophis delivers death metal from Aalen in Baden-Württemberg since 2021, named after the Egyptian serpent god of chaos who threatens to devour the sun. From the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, they bring ancient mythological destruction to modern death metal.
Portland heavy metal / nwothm project from the Oregon underground.
Apophizys is a death metal band from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally operating under the name Slaughter Fleshcult before reforming with a new identity and releasing their debut full-length Into the Chaos in 2015. The album featured drummer Luana Dametto, who would go on to international recognition with Nervosa and Crypta, and the record established the band's blunt, gore-drenched approach to death metal. They continue to perform in the Rio Grande do Sul underground circuit.
Chicago thrash metal project from the Illinois underground.
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